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...launch window" (margin of time in which a missile can be launched to fulfill its mission) of a second rocket trying to match the orbit of a vehicle already in space is only a very few minutes. Yet the Russians scored a virtual bull's-eye. "The Russians must have multiple launch pads, because you can't refurbish a pad in 24 hours and then check out another rocket for launching in the same place," said one top U.S. space scientist. The extra pads serve Russia well in the event that a rocket malfunctions during countdown...
...fine years from our established stars, but we've also seen injuries and slumps cripple a virtual All-Star team: Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Frank Lary, Al Kaline, Sandy Koufax, Gene Freese, Minnie Minoso, and Gill Hodges...
...Nasser has survived a series of cliff-hanging crises, from Suez in 1956 to last year's collapse of the United Arab Republic, when Syria violently withdrew from the coalition with Egypt. Nasser was so shaken by that event that he allowed his secret police to institute a virtual reign of terror. He pulled out of this scare about four months ago, just in time to avoid a serious political reaction against him. With the help of massive economic aid from the U.S. and the International Monetary Fund, he has made another remarkable recovery, is finally facing the pressing...
...problem in Vietnam, Soliven said, centers around the President and virtual dictator Mo Diem, who has an inflexible will and who will not tolerate any opposition within his country. Diem has appointed close relatives to high government positions and these people have proved very ineffective. Such rampant nepotism is not unlike contemporary politics in Massachusetts, he added...
...bring Katanga back into the Congo. U.N. officials have pleaded, cajoled and threatened the two sides to find common ground for a deal. Wearily, Adoula offered repeated concessions, such as a revised constitution to give Katanga greater local autonomy in a federal Congo. But Tshombe wanted all or nothing: virtual independence for Katanga, his own gendarmery, and a corps of foreign mercenaries to run it. While he still would not agree to divvy up the copper profits with the Central government, Tshombe announced a $2,000,000 gift to the Congo, "to ease the catastrophic position and especially...